Hayrake



W. KOUNS.

y HAYRAKE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 7

Patented Feb. 2l, 1922.

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rineaeea ,To all 'whom it may cof/wem? Be it known that l, WESLEY KoUNs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Salina, in the county of Saline and State of Kansas, have invented a new and lmproved Hayrake, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. y

This invention relates to a hay rake, and

Ihas particular reference to anew and im proved form of hay rake' which can be simply and eiliciently attached to a vehicle body, such as a motor truck body.

An 'object of the invention is to providev with respect to the body p rtion of the truckr whereby undue strain is a oided.

A further object resides in the particular construction and arrangement of arts hereinafter described and claimed an shown in the accompanying drawings.

My invention, in general, comprises rake frames which can be attached to the front and rear cfa truck and can be operated by the manipulation of a' plurality of operating "levers to lower the frames to the ground toreceive the load of grain thereon., and can be raised readily and easily from the ground when the load is on the frames, whereby the -loads may be easily and quickly transported to the desired place. y 1

A further feature of the invention comprises a truss member mounted on the usual load-supporting platform of the truck and connected to the rake frames, whereby when' the frames have a load disposed thereon the weight of the load is centered land supported from the load supporting platform of the truck, whereby the loadus balanced with respect to the truck and undue Istrains on the truck are eliminated The invention is illustrated in the drawin s, of-which` igure 1 is avperspective view of the. truck with a rake frame disposed at each I'end thereof and showing the truss connections wlth the main loadsu porting platform;

Figure 2 is a parta plan view'of a rake -vSpecication of Letters Patent.A Pajgmtgqgq Fgbo 219 19220 e Application led December 7, i920. Serial No. 128,945.

frame showing the connections between the frame and lone end of the truss members;v

Figure 3 is a section taken on the line 3 3 of lfigure 2;

Figure d is a partial front elevation of the 'operating devices; and

Figure 5 is a partial side elevation of the operating members.

rihe application of the invention as illustrated in the drawings is a preferred ern-V bodiment thereof and comprises an autoincbile truck having a load-supporting platform 1: Av plurality/of uprights, one of which 1s shown and designatedby the nu- 4meral 2, are'suitably connected to the platform 1 at approximately the center'of each lateral side thereof. The upper ends of these uprights 2 are connected by a crobar 3 to maintain therebetween a rigid space relation.

At the front and rear of the truck are disosed rake frames d and 5 respectively., ach of these frames is connected, in a manner to be described hereinafter more in detail, by a pair of push rods 6 and 'Z' which extend from the rear portion of the frame to the underside ofthe platform 1 beneath the uprights 2, where theyv are suitably connected to ythe platform. pair of pull rds 8 'and 9 of any suitable material, preferably metal', also connect the rake frames l and 5 with "the'upper portion of the uprghts 2 upon which the members 8 and 9 are suit-r 1 on each side of the uprights and by this connection tends to reenforce'the uprights 2 under the strain of the loads on the frames 4 and 5. As shown in Figure 1, it wili be apparent that the truss members 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 above described form a truss frame, acting as a rigid load-supporting connectlon between the center of the platform 1 and each of the rake frames ,4 and 5, whereby when the loads are disposed on vthese rake frames the weight of the loads is balanced with -respect to the center of the load-sup porting platform 1 and concentrated at this point. 1n this manner, therefore, the loads are balanced with respect to the point of the vlongitudinally extending" rake bars 11 w ich are connected in ,any suitable manner at their rear portions by a reach bar 12 extending transversely across the rake bars. This reach bar', as shown in the drawings, is in the form of an angle iron. The extreme rear upper faces of the rake bars 11 are connected by a metallic plate 13. Connected at suitable intervals across the rake frames 4 and 5, the reach bar 12 and the plate 13 are a plurality of frame angle brackets 14. These angle brackets are made preferably of any desired metal and the upper ends of the angles are connected byy a bar 15 extending across the frame and parallel to the reach bar 12.v

Loosely surrounding the reach bar 12 at points along the length thereof, in line with the push rods 6 and 7, are collars orv sleeves 16 of any suitable material. The ends of the push rods6 and 7 arefdisposed adjacent these collars. A strap of metal 17 is connected at each end to the push rods 6 and 7 and extends over and around the collars 16. This strap firmly connects the reach bar and the rake frames with the .push rods but permit pivotal movement of the frames with respect to the push rods. Likewise, the ends of the pull rods'8 and 9 pass' around the collar 16 in the form of astrap 18 to provide a rigid and firm connection between the pull rods and the rake frames. Each rake frame is adapted to be pivoted around the reach bar, and this pivotal action is effected by the connection to.the bar 15 of each frame by a pair of operating links 19 of any suitable material, such as metal. i

These links,l which may be chains, extend from the bar 15 to the base of the uprights 2 and are connected to transverse operating shafts 20 and 21 which extend across between the uprights 2 at the base thereof. The operatin shaft 21 is disposed in a lower plane than t e shaft 20 and is connected at its ends to the links 19 extending from lthe rear rake -frame 5, whereas the `shaft 20 is connected to the links 19 extending from the front frame 4.

It will be noticed, with respect to 4Figure 5 particularly, that the links 19 from the rearjframe are connected to the upper side of the shaft 21, whereas the links 19 extend; ing from the front' frame are connected to the lower side of the shaft 20. The shafts 20 and 21 may be rotated around their axes by levers 22 and 23 respectively. .These operating levers are withln easy reach of the driver of the truck and when pulled down toward the drivers seat may be engaged beneath a hook or bracket 24 fastened to the side of the drivers seat, as seen in Figure l.

By reason of the construction and arrangement of the rake frames and the truss members connecting each with the body platform 1, 1t 1s readily apfparent that when a load is dlsposed on the rames the line of support of this load` is concentrated ialong a vertical plane through the center ofthe platform 1.

frame. By permitting the levers-to be in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the 'front portion of the rakebars 11 are also in contact .with the ground, wherebythe truck may move forward and rearward to slide under the load of grain to be vreceived on the frame. When the load is thus disposed, the levers 22 and 23 are operated to raise the frame with the load from the ground; thereupon the ends of the levers 22 and 23 are hooked under the -bracket 24 above described.

It will, therefore, be apparent that I have provided a simple and easily operated hay rake'v structure whereby loads may be suiported at each end of a truck and be ba anced with respect to the normal load-carrying portion of the truck to limit strain on the truck during' the transportation of the loads. It will be apparent that minor modications may be made in the arrangement and construction of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

What I claim is:

1. An attachment rake for use in connection with trucks having a load-supporting body portion, which comprises a rake framel disposed at each end of the truck and atruss frame connecting each rake frame with 4the load-supporting' body portion of the truck, whereby the weight of the load carried on the rake frames is supported from the body portion.

2. A. hay rake construction for use with trucks having a load-supporting body portion, which comprises rake frames formed from a plurality of rake bars,`a reach bar extendin across the rear portion of the rake bars an connected thereto, angle frames connected to the reach bar and the rake bars, rigid truss members extending from the rake frames to the body portion and loosely connected to the reach bar, operating links connected to the angle members, a plurality of operating shafts on the body portion to which the operating links are connected, and

means for rotating said shafts to move the rake bars around the reach bar.

3. A hay rake Aconstruction foruse in connectionvvith trucks having a load-supporting bo portion, which. comprises a rake frame at each end of the truck, a truss mem:

vber connected to the body portion and to for moving each rake frame around its pivot point whereby the rake frames maybe lowered or raised, and means for locking the operating meansin a plurality of positions.

4. A hay rake construction. for use in connection with trucks having a load-supporting body portion, which comprises a plurality of rake bars, a reach bar extending thereacross and connected thereto, a plurality of sleeves loosely surrounding the reach bar throughout its length, push rods forming part of a truss member rigidly connected to saidV sleeves, the other end of the push rodsbeing connected to the body portion of the truck, a plurality of uprights on the body portion forming part of a truss member, pull rods extending Jfrom the upper ends of the uprights to saidv sleeves, a plurality of angle frames connected to the reach bar and to the rake bars, said angle frames having a portion spaced above and separate from the reach bar, a pluralityl of operating links' connected to this portion of the angle frame, operating shafts connected to the other ends of the operating links, means for rotating the shafts whereby the rakeframes through the operating links are moved around the reach bar as a pivot,

and a plurality of reenforcing straps connected between the body portion of the truck and said uprights to reenforce the uprights in supporting the load.

5. A rake construction for use in connection with trucks having a body portion, which comprises a truss frame mounted on a body portion, a rake frame supported at each end of `,the truck, a plurality of truss members extending from the truss frame in diiferent directions' from the rake frames, means for pivotally connecting each frame to the truss members, means on thev body portion for operating the pivoted rake frames, and connections between the rake frames and said operating means.

WESLEY KOUNS. 

